Ataru Oikawa (b. 1957)

Birthplace:
Tokyo, Japan

Born:
September 5, 1957

Ataru Oikawa is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. While working as an editor at Magazine House, he wrote screenplays, and made his debut as a screenwriter with his original scenario DOOR. Later, he quit Magazine House and became a film director.

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Director:
1990  Octopus Army I Want to Meet You in Shibuya
1995  The Boy Made in Japan
1998  Shibuya Night Wars
1998  Tomie
2001  Samurai Girl 21
2002  Tamagawa Girl War
2003  Cutie Girl
2003  Fight Girls
2003  Lovers' Kiss
2004  Neo Document Series ZONE
2004  The Groaning Drain
2004  Tokyo Psycho
2005  Menotto
2005  Tomie: Beginning
2005  Tomie: Revenge
2007  Apartment 1303
2007  Kissho Tennyo
2008  9 + 1
2008  Shrill Cries of Summer
2009  Shrill Cries: Reshuffle
2011  Shojyo Senso

Screenplay:
1989  Dangerous Stories
1990  Gappie, Wear a Tie this Summer
1990  Octopus Army I Want to Meet You in Shibuya
1995  The Boy Made in Japan
1997  Romantic Mania
1998  Shibuya Night Wars
1998  The New Metropolitan Police Branch 82
1998  Tomie
2001  Samurai Girl 21
2002  Tamagawa Girl War
2003  Cutie Girl
2003  Fight Girls
2003  Lovers' Kiss
2004  Neo Document Series ZONE
2004  The Groaning Drain
2004  Tokyo Psycho
2005  Menotto
2005  Tomie: Beginning
2005  Tomie: Revenge
2007  Apartment 1303
2007  Kissho Tennyo
2008  9 + 1
2008  Shrill Cries of Summer
2009  Shrill Cries: Reshuffle
2011  Shojyo Senso

Writer:
1988  Door
1989  Dangerous Stories
1990  Gappie, Wear a Tie this Summer
1990  Octopus Army I Want to Meet You in Shibuya
1995  The Boy Made in Japan
1997  Romantic Mania
1998  Shibuya Night Wars
1998  The New Metropolitan Police Branch 82
1998  Tomie
1999  Dead Beat
2001  Samurai Girl 21
2002  Tamagawa Girl War
2003  Cutie Girl
2003  Fight Girls
2003  Lovers' Kiss
2004  Neo Document Series ZONE
2004  The Groaning Drain
2004  Tokyo Psycho
2005  Menotto
2005  Tomie: Beginning
2005  Tomie: Revenge
2007  Apartment 1303
2007  Kissho Tennyo
2008  9 + 1
2008  Shrill Cries of Summer
2009  Shrill Cries: Reshuffle
2011  Shojyo Senso

Director:
2010  Monster Magnitude: 9

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